Frank Joseph Urioste is an American film editor with about 30 film credits.
Background
Urioste was born to Frank T. Urioste and Angelina "Angie" Saracino (1909-2006). His father worked as an airplane bomb site manufacturer during World World War II, and shortly afterwards started at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, where he was a music editor for over 30 years.
Career
He has been nominated three times for the Academy Award for Film Editing, for RoboCop (1987), Die Hard (1988), and Basic Instinct (1992). He also has a sister, Carol. Urioste began his career in 1957, when he worked with Henry Mancini at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer as a music editors
The first film that Urioste edited was (1969).
He continued to edit films during the 1970s, such as Midway (1976), Damnation Alley (1977) and The Boys in Company C. Urioste has also worked in television In 1979, he edited the television film, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.
In 1974, he edited the film The Spikes Gang. In 1979, he edited Fast Break.
In 1983, he edited Amityville 3-Doctorate. That same year, Urioste edited Trenchcoat, starring Margot Kidder and Robert Hays.
Other films that Urioste edited during the 1980s include Conan the Destroyer (1984), Die Hard (1988) and Road House (1989). He also edited The Hitcher (1986), starring Rutger Hauer. Urioste has also collaborated with director Paul Verhoeven in such films as RoboCop (1987), Total Recall (1990) and Basic Instinct (1992).
In 1993, Urioste edited Cliffhanger.
That same year, he edited the film, Tombstone. In 1995, he co-edited Cutthroat Island.
In 1996, he co-edited the film, Executive Decision, starring Kurt Russell. Urioste used Avid Technology for the first time when he had less than four weeks to edit Lethal Weapon 4 (1998).
In addition to film editing, Urioste has been the senior vice president of feature development at Warner Brothers since 1998.
Urioste also served on the board of governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences from 1994 to 1997 and is on the advisory board of the film editors branch of the Academy.